How Uhhhhhh works

Getting started

Agents can write almost any code now — the tricky part is deciding what to build. Uhhhhhh helps with exactly that, from the moment you have a ticket to the moment you hand your agent a plan it can run with.

1. Download the app for Mac and open it.
2. Point it at a local Git repo with the folder picker — nothing leaves your machine.
3. Explore the file canvas, or ask the AI chat about the parts you care about.
4. Capture a ticket, generate approaches, and pick the one that fits.
5. Commit straight from the app once you're done.

Workspace & repositories

Point it at any local Git repository through the native folder picker — nothing is uploaded to the cloud. Add as many repos as you like; switch between them from the workspace rail and the app reloads that repo's file tree, changes, and tickets.

• Repos read their file tree from git ls-files, so ignored files stay hidden.
• Personal repos and shared organization repos live side by side in the rail.
• Switching a repo resets the canvas and selection so you always start clean.

File explorer canvas

Your repository is rendered as a live, zoomable graph instead of a flat list. Click a file node to select it and fly the viewport to it; click a folder to add it as context. In Git mode the canvas collapses to just the files a change touches and their parent folders.

• Drag to pan, scroll to zoom, or use the controls in the top-right.
• Auto-laid out with Dagre so the tree stays readable as it grows.

Git change visualisation

See the blast radius of a change before an agent touches a file. The canvas colour-codes every file by its Git status so you can spot the risky edges before the first commit.

• Yellow = modified · Green = added · Red = deleted · Indigo = renamed.
• Untracked and deleted files are injected into the graph, not just tracked ones.
• Hit refresh in the Git tab to re-read git status at any time.

Brainstorm canvas

A free-form mindmap for thinking through an approach. Drop nodes, connect them, and let the AI chat turn a question into question + idea nodes laid out on the canvas. Toggle between Free and Snappy positioning, wrap or single-line node text, and undo any change.

• Ask the AI a question and it explores the repo, then answers as nodes.
• HTTP(S) URLs in node labels become clickable links.
• Pin the files and brainstorms you return to most.

AI explorer chat

A frosted panel floats over the canvas so you can ask questions about the files you have selected and get Claude-powered answers with full markdown. Selected files and folders attach as context chips you can remove individually.

• Choose the model that fits the task — Sonnet, Opus, or Haiku.
• Conversations are saved per repo so you can pick up where you left off.
• Drag the handle to resize, or minimise to an input-only strip.

Tickets & approaches

Capture work as tickets, set a priority, and ask for a handful of distinct technical approaches — each mapped onto your real code with trade-offs spelled out. Pick the direction, tweak it, then send your agent in with a plan instead of a hope.

• Five priority levels, from low to blocker.
• Quick-ticket wizard lets you capture a ticket without leaving the canvas.

Source control & commits

Stage and commit straight from the app with a guided commit bar. Standardised messages keep the history tidy, and ⌘↵ commits without reaching for the mouse.

Keyboard shortcuts

On macOS use ⌘; on Windows and Linux the same shortcuts work with Ctrl.